CORESafety® Auditor Certification Procedure
SCOPE - This procedure shall apply to all auditors providing certification auditing
services for CORESafety®.
RESPONSIBILITIES – Providers seeking to be qualified to conduct CORESafety
certification audits shall be responsible for meeting the requirements set forth below and
for ensuring that all their credentials are current and in conformance with this procedure
at the time the auditor conducts a certification audit. The following requirements are for
the individual auditors within the auditing companies to be qualified to perform the
CORESafety audit.
REQUIREMENTS
General - Auditors seeking to provide CORESafety certification audits shall, at a
minimum, meet the education, training, work and audit experience requirements defined
below:
1. Auditors shall own or be under contract or employed by an organization
conducting CORESafety certification audits, or an accredited OHSAS 18001 or
ISO 14001 auditor
2. Organizations conducting CORESafety audits shall provide participating
companies with a list of qualified auditors meeting the training, experience and
qualification requirements defined below.
3. Auditors shall provide evidence of at least 16 hours of OH&S management
systems auditor training in the three years prior to qualification and 8 hours of
indoctrination on the elements of CORESafety. (Training requirements, who can
provide, when and where need to be developed)
a. Persons with training and qualification as a lead, team or internal auditor
in other occupational health and safety management systems such as
OHSAS 18001-2007 and who have conducted audits of such systems
within the previous three years are not required to undergo the 16 hours or
occupational health and safety management system auditor training noted
above.
4. Auditors shall have at least 10 years mining-related experience and five years of
occupational health and safety management system experience or must be
certified to conduct OHSAS 18001 or ISO 14001 audits .
a. Work Experience – All auditors shall be required to demonstrate ten (10)
years relevant work experience. Relevant work experience shall be
considered verifiable experience gained during the last fifteen (15) years
and shall be defined as experience that develops skills and understanding
in at least two of the areas described below:
i.
Implementation of CORESafety elements;
ii.
Work experience gained by actual hands-on role in the mining
industry and /or health and safety services; and
iii.
Health or safety management systems and standards or related
auditing procedures, processes and auditing techniques
b. Certification as a CSP, CMSP or CIH may account for two years of
occupational health and safety experience.
5. Continued Auditor Qualification – All CORESafety auditors must continually meet
the auditing requirements set forth below:
 Auditors shall participate in at least two CORESafety audits every two
(2) years; and
 Auditors shall complete 16 hours of training or continuing professional
development every two (2) years;
RECORDS
Auditors must make available to the participating company, when requested, documents
demonstrating compliance with the requirements set forth herein.
NMA or its designee reserves the right to monitor the auditor’s qualifications and
performance at any stage of the audit process.